Omischl takes silver in Deer Valley

North Bay's Steve Omischl continues to lead the World Cup Aerials standings with a second place finish at an event in Deer Valley, Utah on Thursday.

During the event Omischl was able to land one of the most difficult jumps to take the silver medal.

Omischl executed a full full double full on his second and final jump which features a double twist on the third flip.

“It’s the jump I messed up at the Olympics and this is the first time I’ve landed it in competition,” said Omischl, the 2005 world champion.

“So overall I’m actually one for five with that jump. I’ve been training that jump the last few weeks and this week I landed my five attempts in training. So overall I did what I needed to do today and I simply got beat by someone who put down a way harder trick.”

The World Cup Aerials will continue in Utah through to Saturday.

With files from www.freestyleski.ca